Aussie Kids Books for Yoga Giveaway

I am thrilled to introduce you to the host of this week’s contest giveaway, Jo Owens, from beeyogain Queensland, Australia. Jo Owens is a certified Yoga in Daily Life Instructor (2 year Teacher Training course accredited by Yoga Australia). She is also a Research Scientist working in Environmental and Agricultural Systems. She teaches yoga part-time to adults and children and has a passion for spreading the joy of yoga to as many people as possible.

Enter contest at bottom of the post via the Rafflecopter online giveaway tool!

There’s no doubt that kids love books!

At kids yoga classes, we use all sorts of books as inspiration for doing a few yoga postures, as most childrens books have animals in them, and a lot of yoga postures are named after animals.

One of our favourite books is called Wheels on the Bus, and kids actually request this song even when it’s not on our yoga class plan! It’s a beautifully illustrated Australian version of the book by Mandy Foot, where a cheeky wombat bus driver drives his animal passengers around Australia; from Darwin to the Daintree, from Bondi Beach to the Great Barrier Reef, and from Pilbara to Tasmania.

I loved Mandy’s cute and cheeky illustrations so much that I asked her to illustrate a cute little bee as our logo for beeyoga. ‘Wheels on the Bus’ is a popular kids song with lots of actions that can be done in yoga, like cycling legs round and round, and opening and shutting arms.

We will attach some instructions on what yoga postures you can do with each verse of the song, together with the benefits of the various exercises. Suitable for babies, toddlers and even older children.

Picture of Anjali and I opening and closing the doors of the bus

It’s very special when books are written especially with kids yoga in mind like this new book just released this month called Luke’s Beach Day. It’s rare to find books like these and I love all of Giselle Shardlow’s kids yoga story books. My review for this brand new book is here:

“This is a delightful little story about a boy called Luke and his friends at an Australian Beach. I love how the story strings several yoga poses in a sequence to create an adventure at the beach! Kids yoga is a big adventure and children will love listening to the story and then playing with the various postures in the book. I usually adapt kids story books in our yoga classes, looking for postures we can do as we read familiar stories, and it is so handy to have a book like this, specially designed for kids yoga. It has loads of postures that children love doing such as Sun Salute, Tree Pose, Kangaroo Pose, and pretending to surf pose. I also love how it gently introduces children to the idea of protecting the environment. This book is suitable for toddlers too. My daughter is almost three and we were delighted to read it together when it first arrived. It is beautifully illustrated for younger readers to follow along. At the end of the book are some excellent tips for teachers and parents for practising yoga with children. I truly believe anyone can do yoga with kids, and books like this just make it so much easier to spread the joy of yoga across the world, to young and old.”

Picture of Anjali and I doing a few postures

Giselle is hosting my competition to give away two of my favourite books for yoga.

Hope you enjoy!

Jo Owens
Bee Yoga

For this “Aussie Kids Books for Yoga” Contest Giveaway, we will be giving away:

Both these books will inspire your children get READING and MOVING and hopefully RELAXING!

Please read the full Contest Rules below for details.

We look forward to your entries. Thank you for taking the time to participate. Please let Giselle know if you have any questions or problems with the Rafflecopter tool below, email her at giselle at kidsyogastories dot com.

Aussie Kids Books for Yoga Summer Giveaway

To enter the contest, please sign in using your Facebook account or email, and click on the different ways to enter. You can enter every day using this Rafflecopter online giveaway tool.

Contest Rules:
1. International entries are welcome.
2. You can be any age to enter.
3. Participation in the contest constitutes that you agree to the Contest Rules.
4. Please enter using the Rafflecopter tool above, obtaining points if you Tweet, like on Facebook or answer the question. You can enter every day.
5. No purchase is necessary.
6. Kids Yoga Stories and Umbral Yoga accept no responsibility or liability for any injuries or losses that may result from practicing the yoga poses in the books. Please ensure your own safety and the safety of the children.
7. You must enter the contest giveaway with a valid email address. The winner will be notified by email and at that time we will request your mailing address. The shipping of the books can take some time, depending on your location. Jo Owens will ship to you directly and will cover the shipping costs.
8. Let Giselle know if you have any questions by emailing her directly at giselle at kidsyogastories dot com.
9. The winner will be chosen on Sunday, June 30th, 2013.